. The book of the garden. Gardening. BRASSICACEOUS PLANTS.—THE BORECOLE. 113 the body black; horns seven-jointed; trunk irregularly spotted with palish black; nervures of wings dark brownish-black; legs black; base of thighs greenish. The female is of a yellowish- green and mealy white, spotted with black; body large and heavy; legs black; base of thighs green; horns shorter than in the male; the two first joints are green, while the third is ochreous; eyes, four in number, two large ones in the head, and two smaller on the collar. The Powtia brassicm.—Well known as the large white garden butt
. The book of the garden. Gardening. BRASSICACEOUS PLANTS.—THE BORECOLE. 113 the body black; horns seven-jointed; trunk irregularly spotted with palish black; nervures of wings dark brownish-black; legs black; base of thighs greenish. The female is of a yellowish- green and mealy white, spotted with black; body large and heavy; legs black; base of thighs green; horns shorter than in the male; the two first joints are green, while the third is ochreous; eyes, four in number, two large ones in the head, and two smaller on the collar. The Powtia brassicm.—Well known as the large white garden butterfly, fig. 44, vfith black tips Fig. 44. of the second, green, with small yellow rings on the sides of the body ; and of the third, green, but striped down the back and sides with orange. Fig. WHITE CABBAGE BUTTERFLY. a caterpillar; b chrysalis; c butterfly. to its wings; produces the equally well known green caterpUlar, so often found upon the cab- bage tribe in all stages of their growth. The caterpillars may readily be destroyed, and by doing so the increase of following years is greatly diminished, by dusting the plants over, twice a-day, as long as the insects appear, with finely-powdered caustic lime, shaken from a thin canvass bag, or by watering them over head with clarified lime-water. And associated with it are Pontia napi, fig. 45, and Pontia rapes, fig. 46, the small white-and- Fig. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original McIntosh, Charles, 1794-1864. Edinburgh, London, W. Blackwood and Sons
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